Category Archives: World
Infantino abandons plans to sell World Cup profits to private equity following massive pushback
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is abandoning his divisive plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity after receiving pushback from all corners of the soccer world. Infantino's dec...
Jul 31, 2026
Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying evidence prosecutors...
Jul 31, 2026
Marine Corps says F-35B stealth fighter crashed in California, pilot ejected
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to live after ejecting from the jet before it crashed in California. The jet went down Friday near the Mir...
Jul 31, 2026
Two former Sri Lanka officials sentenced to death for negligence in deadly Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - A Sri Lankan court on Friday sentenced a former police chief and a former top Defense Ministry official to death after finding them guilty of criminal negligence that allowed...
Jul 31, 2026
Algerian bus plunges into a ravine near Algiers, killing at least 25 and injuring 44
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - At least 25 people were killed and 44 injured on Friday in a bus accident in Algeria, according to a provisional report from the Algerian Civil Protection. The bus, which was c...
Jul 31, 2026
Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - Tens of thousands of migrants who crossed into Spain's tiny Ceuta territory returned voluntarily to Morocco on Friday, a day after the influx triggered chaos in the North African c...
Jul 31, 2026
At least 18 die after breach of border between Morocco and Spanish exclave of Ceuta
MADRID (AP) - At least eighteen migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, where Spain deployed its military after thousands of people breached the border with Morocco and poured...
Jul 31, 2026
Pakistan rescuers find 4 bodies of the 10 climbers missing on Broad Peak after an avalanche
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Rescuers searching for 10 climbers missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak located four bodies Friday and were continuing to search for the other six, officials said. Effo...
Jul 31, 2026
Quake survivors in southwestern Japan sleep in cars in sweltering heat as death toll rises to 34
TOKYO (AP) - Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday in crowded shelters or slept in cars as they faced shortages of water, electricity and fuel and punishin...
Jul 30, 2026
Milei empowers Argentina to bar or deport foreigners over hateful remarks about the country
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - After a bruising World Cup defeat gave way to what many Argentines saw as a sweeping wave of hatred against their country, Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday s...
Jul 30, 2026